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133 total results for SLANG( score: 50 )
43 results for SLANG from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Nov 3, 2024 | 27A | "Wheels" for a car, say | Sid Sivakumar | Fagliano |
Sat Feb 17, 2024 | 43D | Head for the toilet, say? | Spencer Leach and Jem Burch | Shortz |
Sat Apr 15, 2023 | 29A | Words on the street | Kameron Austin Collins | Shortz |
Sun Aug 7, 2022 | 6D | A-game or b-ball, e.g. | Tina Labadie | Shortz |
Tue Apr 19, 2022 | 14D | Sort of language generally found in Urban Dictionary | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
Mon Jan 17, 2022 | 3D | "Tea" for "gossip," e.g. | Evan Mahnken | Shortz |
Tue Apr 28, 2020 | 14D | "Hammered" for "drunk," e.g. | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Wed Aug 23, 2017 | 59A | Urban Dictionary fodder (2) | Joe Kidd | Shortz |
Thu Sep 15, 2016 | 5A | Tense talk, often | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Fri Jul 10, 2015 | 7D | It may be thrown around at a party | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Fri Oct 3, 2014 | 53D | Urban Dictionary fodder (2) | Tracy Bennett | Shortz |
Mon Mar 3, 2014 | 68A | "Pasted" or "wasted," for "drunk" | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake | Shortz |
Thu Feb 20, 2014 | 47A | Dictionary label | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo | Shortz |
Fri Jun 14, 2013 | 35A | Bad, for good (2) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Mar 25, 2012 | 76A | "The cat's meow" or "a dog's life" | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Mon Apr 25, 2011 | 70A | Informal language (2) | Joon Pahk | Shortz |
Tue Mar 1, 2011 | 65A | Some teen talk (2) | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Wed Jan 19, 2011 | 1D | Some teen talk (2) | Kristian House | Shortz |
Tue Jul 20, 2010 | 43A | "All ___ is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry": G. K. Chesterton | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Tue Dec 9, 2008 | 23D | "Language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work," per Carl Sandburg | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Sun Dec 3, 2006 | 5D | Looie or hooey, e.g. | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Oct 16, 2006 | 37A | What "yo mama" is (2) | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Wed Aug 18, 2004 | 19A | "Bad" for "good," e.g. | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham | Shortz |
Thu Jun 10, 2004 | 42A | What "yo mama" is (2) | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Tue Mar 2, 2004 | 39D | 70-Across, e.g. | Charles Barasch | Shortz |
Mon Oct 6, 2003 | 68A | Like much hip-hop lingo | Barry Silk | Shortz |
Sun Apr 13, 2003 | 10D | Blotto or stinko, e.g. | Charles Deber | Shortz |
Wed Feb 19, 2003 | 48A | What "dis" is | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Sun Mar 31, 2002 | 69D | Bad, for good (2) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sat Aug 11, 2001 | 10A | Threads, for clothing | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu May 31, 2001 | 7D | Talk on the street | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Sun Apr 1, 2001 | 14A | Loose talk? (3) | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Wed Aug 2, 2000 | 53D | Like "hot-diggity" | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Tue May 16, 2000 | 55D | Teen talk, often | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Tue Aug 31, 1999 | 24D | Colorful talk | Arthur S. Verdesca | Shortz |
Mon Aug 2, 1999 | 34D | Breezy talk | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Wed Jun 2, 1999 | 50D | Loose talk? (3) | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Fri Nov 7, 1997 | 14D | Loose talk? (3) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Tue Jun 10, 1997 | 38A | Jive talkin' | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Fri Jul 26, 1996 | 40D | Definition label | G. Newman | Shortz |
Mon Apr 1, 1996 | 25A | Informal language (2) | F. Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Jun 12, 1995 | 33A | Informal words | Robert Zimmerman | Shortz |
Sun Jan 1, 1995 | 115D | Word on the street | Henry Hook | Shortz |
90 results for SLANG from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Apr 19, 1993 | 20A | Argot | Alex F. Black | Maleska |
Thu Nov 26, 1992 | 31D | Ade's "Fables in ___" | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
Fri Nov 13, 1992 | 1A | Argot | Thomas W. Schier | Maleska |
Mon May 11, 1992 | 36A | Jargon | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Mon Aug 19, 1991 | 28D | Argot | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Mon Jun 10, 1991 | 12D | Street talk | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Fri Mar 22, 1991 | 37A | Argot | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
Sun Feb 17, 1991 | 64D | Ade medium | Norman S. Wizer | Maleska |
Tue Dec 4, 1990 | 18D | Street talk | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
Sun Sep 30, 1990 | 42D | Ade's "Fables in ___" | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Maleska |
Sun Oct 15, 1989 | 10D | Argot | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Sun Jan 1, 1989 | 1A | Breezy idiom | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sun Nov 20, 1988 | 125D | Ade medium | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Wed Jan 27, 1988 | 1A | Cant | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Tue Jan 5, 1988 | 20A | Jargon | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sat Dec 20, 1986 | 21A | Vernacular | Vaughn Keith | Maleska |
Sat Jul 20, 1985 | 38D | Jive talk | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sat Feb 16, 1985 | 38D | Jive, e.g. | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Sep 21, 1984 | 41D | Argot | Ullmen | Maleska |
Fri Jan 13, 1984 | 5A | Shoptalk | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Wed Sep 28, 1983 | 1A | "Kiddo," e.g. | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Tue Aug 23, 1983 | 27D | Argot | Whitten | Maleska |
Sat Feb 19, 1983 | 48D | Shoptalk | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Wed Dec 22, 1982 | 62A | Some neologisms | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Sun Mar 28, 1982 | 12D | Terms like "show biz" | Tom Mixon | Maleska |
Mon Mar 30, 1981 | 29D | Highly informal language | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Thu Jul 28, 1977 | 41A | George Ade's "Fables in ___" | Ann Jenkins | Maleska |
Sun Jul 3, 1977 | 87A | "Fables in ___" | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Sun Jun 26, 1977 | 21D | Gang's language | Sam Lake | Maleska |
Fri Jun 3, 1977 | 5A | Argot | Rickert | Maleska |
Mon Oct 25, 1976 | 37D | Argot | Bert Beaman | Weng |
Sun Aug 1, 1976 | 27D | Medium for Ade | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Sat Jul 31, 1976 | 29D | Ade's "Fables in ___" | Raymond F. Eisner | Weng |
Sat Dec 13, 1975 | 5A | Vulgate | Bert H. Kruse | Weng |
Mon Oct 13, 1975 | 1D | Vocabulary of a sort | John Prytz | Weng |
Sat Aug 16, 1975 | 23A | Jargon | Manny Miller | Weng |
Sun Jul 27, 1975 | 86D | "Fall guy" or "gent," e.g. | Fletcher Ingalls | Weng |
Fri Jul 25, 1975 | 68A | Medium for George Ade | Beverly J. Seward | Weng |
Sun May 11, 1975 | 33D | Medium for Ade's fables | Tap Osborn | Weng |
Thu Dec 12, 1974 | 59A | Jargon | Manny Miller | Weng |
Sun May 13, 1973 | 98A | Teen talk | Robert Roop | Weng |
Sat Feb 17, 1973 | 20A | "Fables in ___" | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Sep 5, 1972 | 46A | George Ade's fable style | Unknown | Weng |
Wed May 31, 1972 | 1A | Medium for Ade's "Fables" | Unknown | Weng |
Mon May 29, 1972 | 44A | Argot | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Dec 15, 1971 | 70A | Cant | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Aug 14, 1971 | 23D | Not the king's English | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Oct 30, 1970 | 25A | Argot | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jun 26, 1970 | 67A | "Fables in ___" | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Oct 1, 1969 | 66A | Jargon. | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Aug 11, 1969 | 5A | Certain talk. | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Jan 2, 1969 | 61A | Specialized talk. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Feb 26, 1967 | 41D | Argot. | Joseph LaFauci | Farrar |
Sun Jul 10, 1966 | 132D | Argot. | Will Weng | Farrar |
Fri Jun 17, 1966 | 7D | Shoptalk. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Mar 30, 1966 | 69A | Coined words. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Feb 17, 1966 | 30D | Part of the language. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Apr 4, 1964 | 30A | Shoptalk. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jan 8, 1964 | 42D | Popular cant. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Jul 28, 1963 | 75A | Vocabulary of sorts. | Diana Sessions | Farrar |
Sat Jan 26, 1963 | 22A | Lingo. | Jan and Mike Dubin | Farrar |
Sat Dec 22, 1962 | 39D | Argot. | Kathryn Righter | Farrar |
Sun Oct 21, 1962 | 65A | Not the King's English. | Ralph Anderson | Farrar |
Fri Jul 20, 1962 | 30D | Jive talk. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri May 25, 1962 | 40A | Colorful speech. | Jean Reed | Farrar |
Sat Feb 10, 1962 | 24A | Jargon. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jul 1, 1961 | 67A | Language of a sort. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Dec 28, 1960 | 40A | Not the Queen's English. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Mar 11, 1960 | 64A | Lingo. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jan 12, 1959 | 46A | Shoptalk. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Sun Oct 5, 1958 | 41A | Teen-age patois. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Mon Aug 25, 1958 | 24D | Language of a sort. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Thu Dec 5, 1957 | 57A | Shoptalk. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jul 12, 1957 | 25A | Colorful language. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Sun Jun 16, 1957 | 8D | Special vocabulary. | C. Hume Craft | Farrar |
Sun Oct 23, 1955 | 22D | Shoptalk. | George Arguimbau | Farrar |
Thu Apr 14, 1955 | 62A | Coined words. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Fri Jan 21, 1955 | 27D | Jargon. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sat Sep 11, 1954 | 33D | Bopster's talk. | Marian Moeser | Farrar |
Fri Feb 20, 1953 | 25A | "Snafu," for instance. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Fri Jan 9, 1953 | 25A | Style of George Ade's fables. | Henry A. Wolfe | Farrar |
Fri Aug 15, 1952 | 17A | Jimmy Durante's patter. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 31, 1952 | 55A | Jive talk, for instance. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 5, 1951 | 41D | Argot. | Samuel K. Fliegner | Farrar |
Wed Jul 4, 1951 | 31A | Special vocabulary of a group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Sep 29, 1950 | 42A | Racy speech. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
Sun Jul 7, 1946 | 109A | Vulgar. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun Jan 21, 1945 | 37A | Jive-talk. | L. K. Peters | Farrar |
Sun Aug 27, 1944 | 11D | Colorful words. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
Sun Mar 1, 1942 | 119A | Vulgarism. | Charles Cross | Farrar |